About Diana
Diana Schmitz is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience. She practices in Arkansas and offers online work that aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Diana focuses on practical skills and steady support rather than quick fixes.
She centers sessions on the person's priorities and current situation. Diana listens first, then helps set small, attainable goals. She offers tools people can use between sessions to handle overwhelming moments and daily challenges.
How Diana works
Diana uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. That can include cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness to reduce reactivity, and client-centered conversations that follow the person's pace. She also draws on methods that address communication and intimacy issues when relevant.
Her practice covers a broad range of concerns such as addictions, grief, parenting stress, body image, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care issues, attachment challenges, autism and Asperger concerns, and mood conditions like bipolar disorder. Sessions aim to combine emotional support with concrete strategies.
People leave with steps they can try between appointments and a clear plan for progress. Diana works collaboratively to adjust the approach as needs change.
Diana lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Diana works with
The areas below are the ones Diana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arkansas |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist offers empathy and support while helping the person explore what matters most and set practical goals.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It teaches straightforward skills to test and change unhelpful thoughts and to build healthier habits, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Diana will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then adapt techniques over time. That collaborative plan helps make sessions feel relevant and immediately useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video can be used for in-depth sessions that feel most like being in the same room, while phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to work on coping skills and relationship patterns without rearranging a whole day.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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